RONAN KEATING - WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

WHEN YOU SAY NOTHING AT ALL

RONAN KEATING

SONGWRITERS: DON SCHLITZ & PAUL OVERSTREET

COUNTRY: IRELAND

ALBUM: RONAN, NOTTING HILL AND BY REQUEST

LABEL: POLYDOR RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1999

 

              Ronan Patrick John Keating (born 3 March 1977) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist who currently hosts a breakfast show on Magic Radio. He debuted in 1994 alongside Keith Duffy, Michael Graham, Shane Lynch, and Stephen Gately, as the co-lead singer (with Gately) of Irish group Boyzone. His solo career started in 1999 and he has recorded eleven albums. He gained worldwide attention when his single "When You Say Nothing at All" was featured in the film Notting Hill and peaked at number one in several countries.

           As a solo artist, Keating has sold over 20 million records worldwide alongside the 25 million records with Boyzone, and in Australia, he is best known as a judge on All Together Now and The X Factor from 2010 until 2014 and a coach on The Voice in 2016. Keating is active in charity work and has been a charity campaigner for the Marie Keating Foundation, which raises awareness for breast cancer and is named after his mother, who died from the disease in 1998.

               "When You Say Nothing at All" was released as the debut solo single by Irish singer-songwriter Ronan Keating. The song was recorded in 1999 for the soundtrack to the film Notting Hill and also appeared on Keating's debut solo album, Ronan. The song was released on July 26, 1999, in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number one in the UK, Ireland and New Zealand. In the UK, the single was certified gold.

              In 2003, Keating re-recorded the song as a duet with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio in spanglish, which was released in Spain, Mexico and Latin America (excluding Brazil) to promote Keating's second studio album, Destination. In Brazil, Ronan chose the Brazilian singer Deborah Blando to re-record the song in English and English/Portuguese for the 10 Years Of Hits album exclusive for that country. A music video was recorded for this version with Deborah. 

                          

It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying any word, you can light up the dark

Try as I may I can never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing

 

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes

Saying you'll never leave me

The touch of your hands

Says you'll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

 

All day long I can hear people talking out loud

But when you hold me near

You drown out the crowd (drown out the crowd)

Try as they may they could never define

What's been said between your heart and mine

 

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes

Saying you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand

Says you'll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

 

(You say it best when you say nothing at all

You say it best when you say nothing at all)

 

The smile on your face

The truth in your eyes

The touch of your hand

Let's me know that you need me.